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Devils team discussion (news, notes and speculation) - offseason part III

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glenwo2

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Saugus said:
No joke. We probably don't have an exact equivalent to Huberdeau and Weegar, which means we would probably have had to add even more to Bratt and Severson at a minimum. No thanks.
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The best deals are the ones you don't make.

This is one of them.
Poppy Whoa Sonnet said:
Bratt's not listed here but Mercer is huh...hmmmm
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I think HBK27 is not confident that Fitz can re-sign Bratt to a long-term deal.

I am cautiously optimistic myself but I can understand where he's coming from.
 
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Triumph said:
This seems to forget or not know that the Devils signed 2 of the biggest UFAs on the market in each of the last 2 years. Frankly, I do not think winning has that much to do with where players go in UFA.
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I do. With regard to Hamilton I think we gave him more money than he could turn down and Palat probably got more term from us than anyone else. We have to overpay for UFAs until we start winning.
 

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Billdo said:
I do. With regard to Hamilton I think we gave him more money than he could turn down and Palat probably got more term from us than anyone else. We have to overpay for UFAs until we start winning.
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This post has four too many words in it. Yes, there's occasionally guys who take less for winners, but that is rare, and it is normally players near the end of their careers - the Devils have not really ever had this happen in a significant way.
 

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One thing you can credit Lou with is he did not screw around with goaltending.

Burke came in his first year with the Devils.
Andersen first year with the Leafs.
Lehner first year with the Isles.

He's maintained high end goaltending through almost all of his career in management.
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I’ve been very critical of Lou’s last years, but this is incontrovertibly true: he was a master at finding good goaltenders. Brodeur speaks for himself as a positive for this argument but look at the other goalies that came from the LL box. From the late eighties on the Devils had Burke, Terreri, Billington, Dunham and….. who am I forgetting? I’m forgetting someone I think.

All of them were starters at the NHL level at some point. Imagine in half a decade or so drafting five or more NHL starter calibre goalies! I’d settle for one from the last half decade of drafting and so far the best efforts we’ve managed is Blackwood.

edit: I don’t have anywhere near the knowledge base to do this, but I’d be fascinated to see where LL fits against other GMs in terms of finding solid NHL talent for goal. it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find LL ranks number one among GMs finding goalie talent, but perhaps there are other GMs that have pulled this off?
 
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Triumph said:
This post has four too many words in it. Yes, there's occasionally guys who take less for winners, but that is rare, and it is normally players near the end of their careers - the Devils have not really ever had this happen in a significant way.
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I think if team A is routinely a playoff team and is a legit cup contender and can offer the same dollars and term that we can, then that player is going to team A unless we pay more in most cases, that's all.
 
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Xirik said:
So apparently Slafkovsky is playing against the Sens tomorrow.

I'm going to put a nice brown paper bag on the Habs AHL coaches porch.:mad:
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I get it but it’s not something I see as getting upset about. It’s a prospect game. He struggled a bit in the the first game and they probably had him do some video work and watch the NJ game with a coach to explain what they want from him. I’m sure he will be well publicized this season and we will get to see a lot of him.
 
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